Cowen v. Harding Hotel Co.

July 7, 1944, the plaintiff, Rosalie Cowen, brought an action for personal injuries in the circuit court of Cook county against the Harding Hotel Company and the Harding Hotel Management Corporation, alleging that defendants, or either of them, owned and operated a restaurant at 21 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, where the alleged injuries occurred. At the same time, plaintiff filed a written demand for a jury trial. Each defendant was served with summons by leaving a copy with A. J. Sinkula, an agent of both corporations. The sheriff’s return discloses that the hotel company was served on July…